Mykingdomforahorse (pictured below courtesy of British 2YO Racing) was a winning tip on the flat today while Shalone and The Tother One were winners for the jumps list to follow.
Celestial Dream makes his racecourse debut in the Bath 3.00 tomorrow. She is bred for the job as both sire and dam were winners of the Nunthorpe. The second dam won 5 times as a juvenile so this filly is well worth a second look on pedigree. Although well thought of by her trainer I understand that she has had one or two slight injuries however, which probably accounts for the tardy start to her career.
Fearless Warrior is one of the horses on my list to follow that is showing a profit to a level stake having won twice from 8 tries. He was last of 8 on his latest start at Beverley and may just be a little too high in the weights now. He has tended to race too keenly and I see that Richard Hughes has the ride tomorrow so the horse will not lack help from the saddle. He runs in the 5.00 at Bath. Eddie Ahern had ridden Fearless Warrior previously. He rides Navajo Joe in the 2.10 at Great Leighs tomorrow, a 3 year old that won at Lingfield in June with Richard Hughes on board. Navajo Joe is another to have raced much too keenly for his own good and was tailed off last at Pontefract 16 days ago. He has something to prove now.
I had high hopes for Oldjoesaid this season in the sprint division. He won at Newbury first time out but since then things have just not gone his way. He has often been badly drawn (10 of 10 at Chester on one occasion). He was 4th in the Portland under top weight despite being slowly away and was then beaten a nose and a short head at Beverley. He runs in the 3.40 at Great Leighs and is due a change of fortune.
The last runner on the flat list to follow is Barney McGrew in the 8.20 at Kempton. Named after a fireman in the children’s TV series Trumpton, he won a Newcastle handicap on good to firm in May and on his last start ran well in second at Haydock. He has an each way chance at around 10/1.
Backing horses at odds on when making their novice chase debuts is probably the rode to penury so I wouldn’t suggest that you pile on Wichita Lineman in the Southwell 2.20. The horse has rather lost his way since winning the Brit Insurance Novice’s Hurdle in 2007 but he has always looked a chasing type and it will be very interesting to see how he gets on.
Despite being troublesome at the start Argento Luna was an impressive winner at Huntingdon last week and looked one to follow. He runs under a penalty in the Southwell 4.20 where one of her main rivals could be the Alan King runner Over Sixty. Related to Dublin Flyer Over Sixty has solid bumper form. She is a half sister to Diamont Noir, a winner of 4 hurdles races in the 2003/4 season.
That is about it for tonight.
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